Natural history of european butterflies Stock Photos and Images
RMF87GT2–Giant emperor moth, Saturnia pyri (Pavonia major). Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel from Hippolyte Lucas' Natural History of European Butterflies, Histoire Naturelle des Lepidopteres d'Europe, 1864.
RMP7DK3H–Cardinal butterfly, Argynnis pandora, dorsal and ventral views. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel from Hippolyte Lucas' Natural History of European Butterflies, Histoire Naturelle des Lepidopteres d'Europe, 1864.
RM2BDYMWD–European Butterflies
RM2CBAMTW–Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) was a German-born naturalist and scientific illustrator, a descendant of the Frankfurt branch of the Swiss Merian family. Merian was one of the first European naturalists to observe insects directly. The illustration shows the title page to the artist's first major work, 'Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung und sonderbare Blumennahrung' (Trans: The caterpillars' wonderful transformation and strange flower food)
RMDCMKAT–Butterflies and moths common to Europe. Color lithograph
RMCXC29W–Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria tircis
RFGE4WRA–Museu Blau,museum of natural science,Butterflies of Catalonia . Building designed by Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron,Carrer
RFPX9JJ0–Peacock Butterfly (aglais io), also known as the European Peacock, at rest on some thistle leaves.
RMA4H1JN–Butterfly collection at the Museum of Natural History in Berlin, Germany
RMHNBWMY–Pine Hawk moth larvae (Sphinx pinastri) camouflaged on a pine tree branch
RFT73CK0–Beautiful vintage hand drawn illustrations of European butterfly from old book. Can be used as poster or decorative element for interior design.
RMMPBATM–Green-veined White Butterflies in flight
RMBERC24–Small Skipper, Thymelicus sylvestris, butterflies mating, Fen Bog, North Yorkshire, UK
RF2G3BDJ5–Giant butterfly pose on a human hand at the natural history museum of Plovdiv, in Bulgaria.
RMG0J22H–Visitors queue in front of the National History Museum's Sensational Butterflies exhibition in London's 'Museum Quarter'
RMG1R7DT–Sensational Butterflies sign at exhibition, Natural History Museum, London UK in April
RMAA27YY–Comma Butterfly (Polygonia c-album)
RFTTNAE3–Common Blue Butterfly [Polyommatus icarus] which is found throughout the Palearctic.
RMF87G7D–Title page with decorative calligraphy among flowers and butterflies. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel from Hippolyte Lucas' Natural History of European Butterflies, Histoire Naturelle des Lepidopteres d'Europe, 1864.
RMP7E02E–Title page with decorative calligraphy among flowers and butterflies. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel from Hippolyte Lucas' Natural History of European Butterflies, Histoire Naturelle des Lepidopteres d'Europe, 1864.
RM2P64E1G–Museu Blau,museum of natural science,Butterflies of Catalonia . Building designed by Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron,Carrer de Leonardo Da Vinci 4
RM2CBAN0E–Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) was a German-born naturalist and scientific illustrator, a descendant of the Frankfurt branch of the Swiss Merian family. Merian was one of the first European naturalists to observe insects directly. The illustration shows a page from the artist's first major work, 'Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung und sonderbare Blumennahrung' (Trans: The caterpillars' wonderful transformation and strange flower food)
RM2AG0HH5–'Peacock, Smalll Tortoiseshell and Comma Butterflies - Vanessa io, Vanessa urticae and Vannessa c-album', c1930s, (1945). Aglais io, Aglais urticae and Polygonia c-album - chrysalises, caterpillars and adult butterflies. From "Insect Life in Britain', by Geoffrey Taylor. [Collins, London, 1945]
RM2CH0KBP–Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus
RFP5FBKY–Grizzled Skipper Butterflies
RMMNDNT6–Blue Morpho Butterflies (Morpho peleides) feeding on pineapple in a butterfly house. Underwings
RMAKYA4R–Butterfly collection at the Museum of Natural History in Berlin, Germany
RFEPE06F–A Bath white butterfly nectaring on a wild flower on Skala Beach in Kefalonia
RMHNBX2A–Pine Hawk moth larvae (Sphinx pinastri) on a pine tree branch
RFT73CK9–Beautiful vintage hand drawn illustrations of European butterfly from old book. Can be used as poster or decorative element for interior design.
RMJ49HYF–Green-veined White Butterfly
RMB7MN9F–Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria butterflies feeding on brambles North Cliffe Nature Reserve East Yorkshire UK
RF2G3BDJ4–Giant butterfly pose on a human hand at the natural history museum of Plovdiv, in Bulgaria.
RMG0J21W–Visitors queue in front of the National History Museum's Sensational Butterflies exhibition in London's 'Museum Quarter'
RMG25B2R–Giant Atlas Moth, Attacus atlas, on cocoon at Sensational Butterflies exhibition, Natural History Museum, London UK in April
RMAA29JJ–Comma Butterfly (Polygonia c-album)
RF2PBY80K–Wall (Lasiommata megera), resting on lichen covered rock, Carrick, Dumfries and Galloway, SW Scotland
RMF87G85–Cardinal butterfly, Argynnis pandora, dorsal and ventral views. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel from Hippolyte Lucas' Natural History of European Butterflies, Histoire Naturelle des Lepidopteres d'Europe, 1864.
RMP7DWRJ–Giant emperor moth, Saturnia pyri (Pavonia major). Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel from Hippolyte Lucas' Natural History of European Butterflies, Histoire Naturelle des Lepidopteres d'Europe, 1864.
RMW9C48E–Ireland, Leinster, Fingal, Co Dublin, Malahide Castle Gardens, Butterfly House, small brown Bicyclus anynana butterfly
RM2CBAN3H–Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) was a German-born naturalist and scientific illustrator, a descendant of the Frankfurt branch of the Swiss Merian family. Merian was one of the first European naturalists to observe insects directly. The illustration shows Manihot esculenta, commonly called cassava, a woody shrub native to South America of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae with a Snake and Moth Metamorphosis from the artist's 'Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium'
RM2BNJKWN–Series of paintings of Apollo butterflies (Parnassius apollo) showing variation between subspecies. By unknown European artist, from 1875.
RMBTM1JG–Wood White Butterflies (Leptidea sinapis) sucking moisture from ground. Slovenia, August.
RMAKYA4J–Butterfly collection at the Museum of Natural History in Berlin, Germany
RM2G99RCT–Red Admiral Butterfly on Purple Buddleja
RMHNBX1D–Pine Hawk moth larvae (Sphinx pinastri) on a pine tree branch
RFT73C33–Beautiful vintage hand drawn illustrations of European butterfly from old book. Can be used as poster or decorative element for interior design.
RMJ49HWC–Green-veined White Butterfly
RMBERC1G–Peacock, Inachis io, butterfly
RM2GMJRJ4–Female Clouded yellow-Colias croceus feeds on Scabious-Scabiosa
RF2J822DK–View of colorful pinned butterflies lined up in an entomology box
RMG1R7GP–Giant Atlas Moth, Attacus atlas, on cocoon at Sensational Butterflies exhibition, Natural History Museum, London UK in April
RMA4B020–Male Papilio dardanus butterfly feeding from flower
RF2PBY80H–Wall (Lasiommata megera), resting on lichen covered rock, Carrick, Dumfries and Galloway, SW Scotland
RMF87G9E–Convolvulus hawkmoth, Agrius convolvuli and privet hawkmoth, Sphinx ligustri. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel from Hippolyte Lucas' Natural History of European Butterflies, Histoire Naturelle des Lepidopteres d'Europe, 1864.
RMP7DXHK–Convolvulus hawkmoth, Agrius convolvuli and privet hawkmoth, Sphinx ligustri. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel from Hippolyte Lucas' Natural History of European Butterflies, Histoire Naturelle des Lepidopteres d'Europe, 1864.
RMW9C4DD–Ireland, Leinster, Fingal, Co Dublin, Malahide Castle Gardens, Butterfly House, Giant owl butterfly, Caligo memnon with eye on wing
RM2CB7B58–Helleborus niger, aka Christmas rose is an evergreen perennial flowering plant in the family, Ranunculaceae with a Peacock Butterfly, Aglais io. Painted by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770), a German botanist and entomologist known for his botanical illustrations who became one of the most influential European botanical artists of all time. His first illustrations were in collaboration with Carl Linnaeus and George Clifford in 1735-1736. Clifford, a wealthy Dutch banker and governor of the Dutch East India Company was a keen botanist with a large herbarium.
RM2BEM1AD–Colourful Peacock butterfly (Aglais io) minibeast at rest casting a shadow on a sunny day on stone, in spring in a garden in Surrey, UK
RME4HRG0–Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia
RFPFP0YW–Courting Wood White Butterflies
RM2BNJM27–European butterflies on a collector's setting board. Collecting butterflies was a common hobby in Britain and Europe from the 18th to 20th century, as
RMAKYA4K–Butterfly collection at the Museum of Natural History in Berlin, Germany
RM2G99RCX–Red Admiral Butterfly on Purple Buddleja
RMHNBWPG–Pine Hawk moth larvae (Sphinx pinastri) on a pine tree branch
RFT73DF6–Beautiful vintage hand drawn illustrations of European butterfly from old book. Can be used as poster or decorative element for interior design.
RMMN9KER–Green-veined White Butterflies in flight
RMBK57AY–Peacock, Inachis io, butterfly
RM2GMJRJ3–Female Clouded yellow-Colias croceus feeds on Scabious-Scabiosa
RM2K09T8E–Plate 13: Two Butterflies and a Dragonfly(?), c. 1575/1580.
RMG1R7HE–Looking at Giant Atlas Moth, Attacus atlas, on cocoon at Sensational Butterflies exhibition, Natural History Museum, London UK in April
RMA4B039–Male Papilio dardanus butterfly feeding from flower
RF2PBY80N–Wall (Lasiommata megera), resting on lichen covered rock, Carrick, Dumfries and Galloway, SW Scotland
RMF87G9F–Death's Head hawkmoth, Acherontia atropos, and oak hawkmoth, Marumba quercus. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel from Hippolyte Lucas' Natural History of European Butterflies, Histoire Naturelle des Lepidopteres d'Europe, 1864.
RMP7F1GK–Death's Head hawkmoth, Acherontia atropos, and oak hawkmoth, Marumba quercus. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel from Hippolyte Lucas' Natural History of European Butterflies, Histoire Naturelle des Lepidopteres d'Europe, 1864.
RMW9C48Y–Ireland, Leinster, Fingal, Co Dublin, Malahide Castle Gardens, Butterfly House, Giant owl butterfly, Caligo memnon with eye on wing
RM2CB7BC3–Hepatica or liverwort, a genus of herbaceous perennials in the buttercup family, native to central and northern Europe, Asia and eastern North America with Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae L. Painted by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770), a German botanist and entomologist known for his botanical illustrations who became one of the most influential European botanical artists of all time. His first illustrations were in collaboration with Carl Linnaeus and George Clifford in 1735-1736. Clifford, a wealthy Dutch banker and governor of the Dutch East India Company was a keen botanist with a lar
RM2X5BRX3–A peacock butterfly (Aglais io) with open wings on a bluebell flower (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) at RHS Garden, Wisley, Surrey, south-east England
RMCX9T91–Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae
RFPX76RP–Small White Butterflies
RMFEB4AY–Black Veined White Butterfly,Aporia crataegi;a european butterfly and scarce vagrant to britain
RMA4H1JK–Butterfly collection at the Museum of Natural History in Berlin, Germany
RM2A6PP9Y–Close up of a butterfly in the Butterfly House in the Burggarten, Vienna, Austria
RMHNBWWP–Pine Hawk moth caterpillars (Sphinx pinastri) eating a pin needle
RFT73CYD–Beautiful vintage hand drawn illustrations of European butterfly from old book. Can be used as poster or decorative element for interior design.
RMJ49J89–Green-veined White Butterfly
RMBK57BM–Peacock, Inachis io, butterfly
RMRR92CM–Butterfly.Large Skipper (Ochiodes venatus).Adult feeding on wild marjoram (Origanum vulgare).Southwest France.
RM2K09RM7–Plate 19: Two Butterflies with Five Other Insects, c. 1575/1580.
RMG25B30–Young woman holding Giant Atlas Moth, Attacus atlas, on cocoon at Sensational Butterflies exhibition, Natural History Museum, London UK in April
RMA4B025–Female Papilio dardanus butterfly feeding from flower
RF2PBY80F–Wall (Lasiommata megera), resting in grass, Carrick, Dumfries and Galloway, SW Scotland
RMF87G7X–Two-tailed pasha or foxy emperor, Charaxes jasius, dorsal and ventral views. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel from Hippolyte Lucas' Natural History of European Butterflies, Histoire Naturelle des Lepidopteres d'Europe, 1864.
RMP7EXAH–Two-tailed pasha or foxy emperor, Charaxes jasius, dorsal and ventral views. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel from Hippolyte Lucas' Natural History of European Butterflies, Histoire Naturelle des Lepidopteres d'Europe, 1864.
RM2GF0XM5–Butterflies Pink Buddleja Davidii Butterfly Bush
RM2G2815A–Caricatures humorous and grotesque by Gustave Dore, Victorian 1860s. Pictures of life in the country
RM2X5BRXD–A peacock butterfly (Aglais io) with open wings on a bluebell flower (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) at RHS Garden, Wisley, Surrey, south-east England
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